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☆ Ford Recalls 18 F-150 Lightning EV Trucks to Fix Battery Defect
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Nora Eckert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Battery powered F-150 Lightning trucks on a production line at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich.Ford Motor Co. is recalling 18 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks after determining that a battery cell manufacturing problem led to a vehicle fire in early February. The root cause of the Feb. 4 fire, which occurred during a pre-shipment quality check, was related to an internal battery short circuit that can occur when the vehicle is at a high state of charge, a Ford spokeswoman said.

☆ Michigan Attorney General Nessel says she and other Jewish officials were targeted for murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

EAST LANSING, MI - OCTOBER 16: U.S. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at a campaign rally held by U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) designed to get Michigan State University students, faculty and staff out to the polls on October 16, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan. The race between Congresswoman Slotkin and Michigan State Senator Tom Barrett for Michigan's newly configured 7th Congressional District is one of the two most expensive U.S. House campaigns in the country. In her tweet, Nessel wrote: "The FBI has confirmed I was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter." "Probable cause exists that [Carpenter] made threats to cause injury and death to Jewish members of the Michigan government," an FBI agent wrote in a complaint against Carpenter. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday that the FBI told her that she was among the group of Jewish state elected officials targeted for murder by a "heavily armed defendant" who has been arrested.

☆ Where Restrictions on Abortion Pills Could Matter Most
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Allison Mccann | Amy Schoenfeld Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Abortion providers in the United States A United States map shows the location of abortion providers in states without abortion bans. total abortions Medication abortions 71,700 61,500 58% 37,500 32,100 28,800 29,500 41% 61% 60% 51% 52% Florida New York Georgia Pa. Mich. N.C. N.J. Ohio Wash. Mass. Some ways the ruling could affect the availability of abortion pills A flowchart shows possible outcomes from a judge’s ruling and highlights how abortion pills could remain available under some scenarios. Even if the judge rules in favor of the plaintiffs, abortion pills could remain available. The foundation’s Wichita, Kansas, clinic sees more than 500 patients a month, many from Texas, and 60 percent choose abortion pills.

☆ Republicans seek records on SEC's climate proposal as part of push against ESG investing plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Gensler recently announced that the agency is considering adjustments to the proposal, first introduced in March 2022, after pushback from investors. Gensler told CNBC's "Squawk Box" earlier this month that the proposal simply required a clear climate transition plan from public companies. Earlier this month, McHenry formed a Republican working group on environmental, social and governance, or ESG, plans in part to target the rule disclosure. ESG platforms broadly apply to taking into account the environmental and social implications of a company's decisions, and not just its financial performance, as part of investing decisions. Many House Republicans have criticized ESG plans — but some of them have received campaign contributions from the very financial firms they are targeting.

☆ Top 25 roundup: No. 25 Texas A&M hangs on vs. No. 11 Tennessee
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The Volunteers pulled within 64-63 when Zakai Zeigler (14 points) made a layup with 25 seconds to play. 9 Baylor 65Keyontae Johnson scored 25 points to lead the Wildcats past the Bears in Manhattan, Kan., for their second victory in a row. LJ Cryer scored 16 points and Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua recorded 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Bears, who have lost two in a row after winning 10 of their previous 11 games. Creighton's Baylor Scheierman recorded 18 points and 13 rebounds and Ryan Nembhard had 16 points. Jalen Hood-Schifino had 16 points for the Hoosiers, who had won nine of their previous 11 games.

☆ GOP lawmakers vilify ESG moves at BlackRock, Vanguard but take their money nonetheless
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

But Republicans have vilified BlackRock, Vanguard Group and State Street for leading the push on Wall Street to promote clean energy and what GOP lawmakers often title "left-wing social priorities." Still, many Republican lawmakers received money from the very firms their party is criticizing. It was the third election cycle in a row that both lawmakers took donations from the firm's PAC. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., received $10,000 from BlackRock and a combined $6,500 from Vanguard and State Street in the 2022 cycle. Huizenga's spokesman Brian Patrick said the donations won't affect the lawmaker's position on ESG issues.

☆ Michigan Republicans tap election denier to lead state party
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Kristina Karamo, a candidate for the Michigan Republican Party's state party chair, speaks to delegates ahead of their vote on the key party leadership position, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 18, 2023. "The election baggage is going to make it hard to move the party forward," said John Clark, a professor of political science at Western Michigan University. "We cannot wait to get work done as one Michigan Republican Party," said Karamo, a local Republican activist who ran an unsuccessful campaign for secretary of state in 2022. The state party chair's main responsibilities include guiding the party's messaging and raising millions of dollars to help fund mass mailing campaigns and support candidates. She has yet to concede he loss to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who won November's election by 14 points.

☆ Abbott Baby-Formula Business Is Under Investigation By SEC, FTC
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Peter Loftus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Sylvia Jarrus for The Wall Street JournalAbbott recalled certain powder baby-formula products that were manufactured at its Sturgis, Mich., plant, and halted production there. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission are investigating Abbott Laboratories ’ baby-formula business, the company said. The SEC’s enforcement division sent a subpoena to Abbott in December requesting information about its powder infant-formula business and related public disclosures, the company said Friday in a securities filing.

☆ Far-right Republican groups surge in swing state Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/6] Candidate for district party chair for Michigan Republican Party Jon Smith speaks with guests during a fundraiser in Hillsdale, Michigan, U.S., February 8, 2023. "What's going on in Michigan is a microcosm of what is going on with the Republican Party nationally," said Michael Traugott, a professor at the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. The judge declined to intervene, leaving it up to Michigan Republican Party officials to set the rules on delegate selection. The top two candidates for state party chair have both promoted conspiracy theories in support of Trump's false claims about voter fraud. "There's some people that are thinking this is the end of the Republican Party," he said.

☆ Michigan State Shooting Suspect Had Two Handguns and a Note Making Threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Police said the man who killed three students and critically injured five others on Monday night at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., was carrying two handguns and a note threatening several businesses and institutions and stating potential reasons for some of the threats, but officials said Thursday they couldn’t give a definitive motive. Anthony McRae , the 43-year-old Lansing, Mich., man who police say shot and killed himself as officers approached him hours after the attack, was carrying two 9mm handguns, multiple magazines filled with 9mm ammunition and two empty magazines, said Lt. Rene Gonzalez of the Michigan State Police. He had purchased the weapons legally, officials said, but they weren’t registered.

☆ Text by Text, Students Sorted Fact From Fiction in Michigan State Mass Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Douglas Belkin | Joe Barrett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

EAST LANSING, Mich.—Hailee Maynard, a junior at Michigan State University, arrived at the Creole Burger Bar in Lansing Monday evening with six friends—mostly her sorority sisters—excited to celebrate a 22nd birthday. “We were talking about how surprised Payton (the birthday girl) was going to be,” she said.

☆ Michigan State University Shooting Spotlights Campus Security Efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Melissa Korn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Colleges nationwide are tapping increasingly high-tech tools to try to prevent or respond to violent attacks, but their open gates can complicate efforts to bolster campus security, school officials and safety experts said in the wake of Monday’s fatal mass shooting at Michigan State University. On Monday night, police said, 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae , of Lansing, Mich., fired shots in two Michigan State buildings, killing three students and injuring five more. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a few hours later, after being confronted by police off campus. Mr. McRae had no known ties to the university, police said.

EAST LANSING, Mich.—Michigan State University officials on Tuesday morning identified the gunman who killed three students and injured five others the night before, saying he was a 43-year-old man who had never attended or worked at the school. Officials said they didn’t know the motive of the gunman, Anthony McRae , who opened fire in two campus buildings on Monday night. The five students injured remained in critical condition on Tuesday morning, officials said.

☆ Michigan State University shooter's motive a mystery
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Dieu-Nalio Chery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Police officers surround a scene where the suspect was located as they respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio CheryEAST LANSING, Mich., Feb 14 (Reuters) - A 43-year-old gunman killed three students and wounded five others at Michigan State University before an hours-long manhunt ended with the suspect's death from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said on Tuesday. The gunman was identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, said Chris Rozman, deputy chief of the Michigan State University police force, at the morning briefing. Details about the sequence of events remained sketchy, but Rozman said shots were fired in two locations - an academic building called Berkey Hall and the Michigan State University (MSU) Union building. Students, faculty and residents in the surrounding off-campus neighborhoods of East Lansing had been told by authorities to "shelter in place" during the manhunt.

☆ Multiple Injuries in Shooting on Michigan State University Campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Ben Kesling | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shots were fired in at least two buildings at Michigan State University, according to tweets from campus police. An active shooter injured multiple people at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., Monday evening, according to campus police. More than an hour after the first reports of shots fired around 8:30 p.m., several law-enforcement units were searching the campus including university buildings, local streets and wooded areas, looking for a suspect. Police enlisted an armored Bearcat vehicle and a helicopter to assist in the search, according to police radio traffic.

☆ Ford Invests $3.5 Billion in Michigan Battery Plant With Chinese Partner’s Technology
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Ryan Felton | Nora Eckert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ford Motor Co. is investing $3.5 billion to build a battery plant in Michigan with help from China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., a win for the auto maker’s home state, which has seen many recent automotive projects head elsewhere. The facility, which will be built in Marshall, Mich., about 100 miles west of Detroit, is expected to create about 2,500 jobs, Ford said Monday. The auto maker said a wholly-owned subsidiary would manufacture the battery cells using technology and expertise provided by CATL, the world’s largest maker of batteries for electric vehicles.

☆ Flint, Mich., Residents Are Under Boil-Water Advisory
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The cause of the water main break hasn’t yet been identified, officials said. Roughly 80,000 residents of Flint, Mich., are under a boil-water advisory this weekend as crews try to repair a damaged line in the city’s water system. The advisory was issued just before 11 a.m. Friday when Flint officials warned of low water pressure and said residents should filter and boil water.

The tumult that broke out last month during the election of Kevin McCarthy for speaker illustrated the potential for profound dysfunction in the new House Republican majority. Here is a closer look at the fractious House Republican caucus. Chart of House Republicans highlights members who denied the 2020 election results, were supported by the House Freedom Fund, or both. Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming, who has also denied the 2020 election results, defeated Representative Liz Cheney in the primary. A Venn diagram shows the Republican newcomers in the House who either denied the 2020 election results, were supported by the House Freedom Fund, or both.

☆ Ford Posts $1.3 Billion Fourth-Quarter Profit, Misses Full-Year Profit Guidance
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Nora Eckert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ford Motor Co. posted $1.3 billion in net profit in the fourth quarter as strong pricing and better stock levels on dealership lots helped offset ongoing supply-chain troubles that caused the U.S. auto maker to fall short of its profit guidance for 2022. The Dearborn, Mich.-based car company’s net income for the October-to-December period was down 89% from the $12.3 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of last year, when its earnings were lifted by one-time items, such as a multibillion paper gain on its investment in EV startup Rivian Automotive Inc. Rivian’s stock soared following its initial public offering in late 2021 but has since retreated.

☆ Ford Cuts Prices of EV Mustang Mach-E
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Will Feuer | Nora Eckert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ford Motor Co. said it is boosting production and cutting prices of its electric Mustang Mach-E crossover up to 8.8% on some versions. The move comes weeks after Tesla Inc. slashed prices on a number of its models. The Dearborn, Mich., auto maker said its supply chain for its electric vehicles is coming online and it is seizing on streamlined costs to lower prices. Ford also said the price cuts are a part of the company’s plan to keep the vehicle competitive in a “rapidly changing market.”

A group of House Democrats announced Thursday they were forming the Congressional Dads Caucus to focus on family issues. "Why am I, a father, getting praised for doing what mothers do every single day, which is care for their children?" The lawmaker dads were joined at the news conference by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a member of the Moms in the House Caucus. Another member of the Congressional Dads Caucus, Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said all those issues became more real to him when he became a father. Other members of the caucus include Reps. Dan Goldman and Jamaal Bowman of New York, Joe Neguse of Colorado and Joaquin Castro of Texas.

☆ Nikole Hannah-Jones makes a case for reparations with ‘The 1619 Project’ series
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Candice Williams | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The fight for reparations has been going on for centuries in federal and state governments. “I don’t think there’s anything else that can be done besides a federal program, direct payments to Black American descendants of U.S. slavery,” Darity said. “Every time there is a local or state reparations bill that’s moving forward, it just further legitimizes the larger federal effort,” she said. “So I definitely am an advocate of both.”The subject of state reparations and the return of land are discussed in the series, along with the idea that reparations should be more than just a cash payout. If the federal government were to ever issue reparations, Darity surmised that Black Americans might begin to feel a sense of equality.

WASHINGTON — Embattled Rep. George Santos is refusing to face the music, but he appears to be relishing his moment in the spotlight. The New York Republican and freshman fabulist, the subject of federal, state, local and international investigations, was spotted Wednesday night by NBC News smiling, laughing and taking dozens of selfies with patrons during karaoke night at a popular D.C. barbecue joint. “It’s bizarre.”Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., whose office is just down the hall from Santos’, suggested all that attention could benefit Santos. “You always know more than I do about myself.”Later that night, Santos strolled into Hill Country, where he spent more than an hour schmoozing and chatting up patrons. A Santos staffer belted “Build Me Up Buttercup.”Approached by NBC News at Hill Country, Santos said: “You’re not going to try to interview me.

☆ Dow to Cut 2,000 Jobs Globally
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Will Feuer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Dow is slashing jobs and shutting down assets as it looks to make cost savings. Dow Inc. said it is laying off about 2,000 employees globally as it seeks to cut costs by $1 billion this year. The Midland, Mich.-based chemicals company said it is also shutting down certain assets and broadly looking to align spending with the macroeconomic environment. The company said it expects to book a charge of $550 million to $725 million in the first quarter for costs tied to the cost-cutting moves.

☆ Mass Shootings in the U.S.: A Symptom of Despair - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jillian Peterson | James Densley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Seven killed and 46 injured in Highland Park, Ill., on July 4, 2022He suffered from severe back pain. Eight killed and seven injured in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021He was known for being paranoid with a short temper. Five killed and seven injured in Aurora, Ill., on Feb. 15, 2019He had expressed violent thoughts. Nine killed and seven injured in Red Lake, Minn., on March 21, 2005He had been noticeably depressed and angry at church. Seven killed and seven injured in Fort Worth on Sept. 15, 1999He killed his daughter’s cat because he was upset.

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